The consultative meeting of the Somali signatories of the process for ending the transition and the previous Garowe principles and Galkayo agreements are violating the Charter and the constitution of 1961 for Somalia.The signatories of the above mentioned documents are the President of Somalia, the Prime Minister, the President of Puntland state, the President of Galmudug in complete state and the Representative for Ahlu Sunnah Wal-Jama´a (ASWJ) and the UN Special Representative for Somali(SRSG)ambassador Augustine Mahiga.In the consultative meeting held in Addis Ababa, the signatories discussed the draft of the constitution which was subjected to a constitutional review by a technical committee after harmonizing and incorporating the written submissions of the signatories into the final draft constitution.
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If we legally consider the status of each of the six signatories according to the article 1.1 of the constitution, the sovereignty of the Somali people states that
1) All the sovereign authority belongs to the people of Somalia and may be exercised directly or indirectly through their representatives, in accordance with this Charter and the laws of the country.
2)The right to exercise to sovereignty shall not be delegated to any individual, group or class, and no person shall arrogate to him or herself, or exercise any state authority, which does not emanate from this Charter or any laws of the land not in consistent with this Charter.These agreements are not also abiding and respecting the supremacy of law which is stipulated in article 3 of the Charter as follows:..more
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